Mechanical horse



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Feb. 6, E923.

J. VIOZZ! MECHANICAL HORSE Fled'DeC. l2, 192] swr 5; filari a l? "enMECHANCL HORSE.

Application led December 12, 1921.

To @ZZ whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that Josiirii Viozzi, a subject of the King of Italy,residing at Hamilton, in the county oi' Wentworth, and Province of.Ontario, Canada, has invented certain new and useiul Improvements in aMechanical Horse, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in toy vehicles representing mountssuch as horses for example, that may be mechanically propelled along theground by the rider, and consists essentially ot an image mounted on tworear wheels and one for ward wheel, a drive pulley connected by asuitable belt to a pulley on the rear axle, stirrups connected to crankhangers co-operating with the drive pulley, steering column and novelmeans tor guiding the vehicle by right and lei't pull upon reins.

The object ot" the invention is to provide a vehicle ot' the classspecied which affords the maximum of reality to the juvenile rider,inasmuch that the riders feet occupy genuine stil-rups which are used asa means for actuating the propulsion mechanism, and that the vehicle isguided by mechanism designed to outwardly appear to be reins and bit.

A further object is to provide such a vehicle which will be simple,durable, eiiicient, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

TVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, coinbination, and arrangement of the parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of the invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof; Figure 3 is an enlarged detailside view of the image;

Figure l is an enlarged detailed top view ot the steering column andforward wheel;

Figure 5 is a side view Figure 4;

Figure 6 is an enlarged edge view of a fragment et' the driving` belt;

Figure 'T is an enlarged tace view of the belt;

Figure 8 is an enlarged of the drive pulley; and,

detailed top view oli' that shown in Serial lilo. 521,319.

Figure 9 is an enlarged sectional side view thereof taken on the line9-9 in F igure 8.

A Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

lVithin the body portion of the image is a flanged drive pulley 2 rigidon the horizontal shaft 3 having bearing in journals 4, and rigid on theends ot said shai't are crank hangers 5 extending in opposite directionsto each other. il pair of stirrups 6 are secuied to i'leXible straps .7which are pivotally connected to the free ends of said crank hangers anddepend therefrom by gravita` tional torce.

Journaled horizontally in the rear hoofs or' the image is au axle shaft8 having rigid on its end parts ground wheels 9, and pr videdintermediately of the legs of the image with a flanged pulley l0.

This latter pulley is connected to the pulley 2 by a belt ll which isdeilected by detlector sheaves l2 journaled in the body of the image, inorder to conceal as much as possible oi it within the body. The belt llis provided with a plurality of equally spaced studs 1 3 which engagecorrespondingly spaced pockets i3 in both pulleys in order that the beltshall not slip or slide thereorer. The vehicle is propelled by rotatingthe pulley 2 with the feet positioned in the stirrups 6.

he steering column l5 is rotatably sleeved in the neck et' the image,and is provided with a rigid T-head 16 to the ends oi which cables 17are connected. These cables pass through a passage way provided in thetop of the neck and which continues through the lower part of the head.from whence they pass around grcoved idler sheaves 1S rotatable on arigid shaft i9 secured in the jaws of the image. The Jree ends of saidcables are secured to reins 20 by which the steering column l5 may berotated in either direction by corresponding pull on the reins. Thelower end part of the steering' column is pi'i'lvided with a rigidbiturcated meinbel` 2l in which a ground wheel 22 is journalled Havingnew fully described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

In an apparatus of the class the combination with an image ot a mount,an axle journaled in the rear hoofs of the image, ground wheels on saidaxle` a flanged pulley rigid on said axle, a drive pulley described,

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journalled in the body o1e the image, crank hangers co-operating WithJche drive pulley, stirrups pivotally suspended from the Jfree ends ofsaid crank hangers, a belt connect- .5 ing said pulleys, a. plurality ofequidistantly spaced studs on said belt engaging correspondingly spacedpockets in said flange pulley and drive pulley, a steering columnrotatably sleeved in the neck of the 10 image, a forward ground Wheelconnected touthe steering column, a 'head on the upper end of saidcolumn, sheaves journaled in the inondah of the image, cables secured tothe free ends of said T-head and passing around said sheaves,vand reinsconnected to 15 the free ends of said cables.

In testimony whereo l have afHXed my signature.

JOSEPH VOZZI.

l/Vitnesses:

O. D. EARLE, H. G. HENDRY.

